The U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) promulgated new and amended regulations that will go into effect April 24, 2024. A recent CLK Insight focused on Commerce’s changed provisions concerning transnational subsidies, weak regulatory environments, and distorted production costs. This post …
Following notice and comment rulemaking, new regulations will soon impact antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings before the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”).
Most substantively, in issuing the new rules Commerce stated that its changes will address transnational subsidies, create a …
Last week the Dali, a Singaporean-flagged container ship, struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge, an iconic landmark of the Baltimore City skyline and a vital artery for U.S. trade, causing the bridge to collapse into the Baltimore Harbor. The …
On February 23, 2024 — marking the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and following the death of opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Aleksei Navalny — the U.S. government issued the largest package of sanctions and export controls since …
The Federal Court of Appeal (“FCA”) earlier this week released a highly anticipated decision in Remington Sales Co dba Hyundai Heavy Industries (Canada) v President of the Canada Border Services Agency, 2024 FCA 25 (the “Decision”). In this case, …
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently updated its sanctions regulations with respect to several countries, including Russia, North Korea, and Yemen. These updates consist of:
On January 29, 2024, Canada made amendments to Notice to Exporters Serial No. 992 issued on April 16, 2020 (Serial No. 992) concerning its export and brokering policies for items listed on the Export Control List and the Brokering Control …
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released Cargo System Messaging Service (CSMS) #59311800 on February 9 reminding importers of their compliance obligations concerning certain imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells and modules (also known as solar cells and solar …
Last week the U.S. Census Bureau published its annual statistics on U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services. The data show that in 2023 Mexico was the United States’ top source of official imports ($475.6 billion), beating out China …
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) last week issued updated guidance for various U.S. sanctions programs. These included a planned expiry of temporary sanctions relief for the Venezuelan oil and mining sectors, new authority to …